Job Description
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About Us
McAuley Community Services for Women helps women and children who have faced family violence and homelessness to take control of their lives. Through a range of supports, including accommodation, legal, health, recreation, and social responses, we support women to leave us with restored capacity and greater opportunities for safe housing, economic capability, and wellbeing.
Feminism, intersectionality, and anti-oppressive practices are embedded within our client practice and culture.
Make a Real Impact – Join Our Team
Are you passionate about empowering women and children to reclaim their safety and independence? We're looking for a dedicated and compassionate professional to join our team and provide life-changing support to those escaping family violence.
As a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner, you'll play a vital role in delivering trauma-informed, holistic case management across crisis accommodation, refuge, and outreach settings. Every day, you'll make a difference by helping women and children find safety, rebuild their lives, and move towards a future free from violence.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead specialist family violence risk assessments within the MARAM framework and provide tailored, client-led support.
* Design and deliver holistic support plans that address safety, well-being, housing, financial independence, social connection, and employment pathways.
* Collaborate with a wide range of services and community partners to ensure wraparound care and advocacy for clients.
* Offer expert secondary consultations to support sector professionals working with women and children affected by family violence.
* Champion inclusive, strengths-based, and culturally responsive approaches in all aspects of support.
Required Skills and Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will have:
* Tertiary qualification and experience in social work or a related field in line with mandatory minimum qualifications for specialist family violence practitioners.
* Commitment to McAuley values; community, hospitality, compassion, and justice.
* Demonstrated experience supporting women and children facing complex challenges in relation to family violence, homelessness, health, and mental health.
* Understanding of critical issues relevant to responding to family violence, including an understanding of the MARAM framework, Family Violence Protection Act (2008), and Child Safe Standards.
Benefits
* Generous Salary Packaging – increases your take-home pay
* SCHADS Award Level 5, depending on qualification and experience.
* Ongoing career development, education, and training.
* Employee Assistance Program – confidential counselling, coaching, and emotional support for work and personal challenges.
Other Requirements
* Valid and current Driver's Licence.
* Satisfactory Criminal History Check.
* Valid Employee Working with Children Check.
* Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check.
Our Commitment
McAuley is part of MacKillop Family Services and celebrates diversity and respects dignity. Every person has the right to be safe and treated justly. We value every person's ability, cultural background, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and age.